RESOLUTIONS OF THE 1999-2000 FACULTY SENATE

In its September 14, 1999 meeting, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate passed the following resolution.

Resolved that the Faculty Senate Secretary shall conduct, record, and tally an electronic referendum of the faculty and report on such referendum at the October 12, 1999 Faculty Senate Meeting. The referendum is to be worded as follows:

The Faculty Senate requests your response to the following referendum. Type either “Yes, I support the proposed change” or “No, I do not support the proposed change” at the bottom of this message and return it to the sender. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

On January 22, the University Curriculum Committee supported the following proposed change in the grading system for undergraduate courses.

A=4.00, AB=3.50, B=3.00, BC=2.50, C=2.00, D=1.00, F=0.00

The results of the referendum may help the Chancellor decide whether to implement the proposed grading system. Do you favor the proposed change?

By action taken under agenda item 5.c. of its October 12, 1999 meeting, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate unanimously approved the following resolution regarding benefits for emeritus faculty:

Resolved that, whereas Emeritus Faculty for some time have been offered free season tickets to UWW sports programs, the Faculty Senate urges that Emeritus faculty be given the alternative of free admission to UWW Theatre productions and/or some Performing Arts and/or Lively Arts events.

By action taken under agenda item 7.b. of its November 9, 1999 meeting, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate passed the following resolution.

The Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater recommends to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents that the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students who have applied for graduation in December 1999 and who have been certified by the University Registrar to have met all academic requirements and completed all of their courses of study be granted their degrees at the December 1999 commencement exercises.

By action taken under agenda item 7.d. of its November 9, 1999 meeting, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate passed the following resolution.

Fern Young has given generously to UW-Whitewater in ways benefiting not only the University, but also the whole region–providing scholarships for promising students in the College of Education, endowing the Professorship of Entrepreneurship for the College of Business and Economics, and initiating the funding of the Young Auditorium. In gratitude for her generosity and her graciousness, the UW-Whitewater Faculty Senate is pleased to honor Fern Young for her enthusiasm for adventure and her unflagging support of music, theater, and the arts.

By action taken under agenda item 5.b. of its February 8, 2000 agenda, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate passed the following resolution.

The Faculty Senate recommends that the Organization Committee restructure the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee to include three academic staff voting members from outside Intercollegiate Athletics, at least one of each gender and at least one non-instructional (Category A) academic staff member. Neither coaching staff nor administrator(s) of Intercollegiate Athletics may serve on the Committee. The Senate asks the Organization Committee to determine the means by which these academic staff will be selected and their terms of service. The Senate further recommends that the Organization Committee amend the University Handbook description of the committee’s function five to read: “To formulate and recommend policies concerning intercollegiate athletics, to monitor Title IX compliance, and to receive and act upon policy recommenda- tions of the Intercollegiate Athletic Directors.”

The Faculty Senate resolution constitutes a recommendation to the Organization Committee, which Committee, would it choose to take any action on this matter, is to bring such a matter before the full UWW faculty in March 2000 or at a subsequent full faculty meeting.

By action taken under agenda item 5.b. of its March 14, 2000 agenda, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate adopted the following resolution:

Resolved: that the UW-System President’s Advisory Committee on Compensation be replaced by a UW-System Faculty/Academic Staff Committee on Compensation; that the committee’s members be selected by the faculty and academic staff respectively on each campus; and that the committee report its recommendations directly to the Board of Regents.

By action taken under agenda item 5.d. of its March 14, 2000 agenda, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate formed an ad hoc task force on the UW-W EM21 plan as follows:

1. structure:
1. five Senators, to include one Senator from each of the five constituencies
2. the task force to determine its own chair at an initial meeting to be held no later than the week of April 3, 2000
2. . charge:
1. to consider the draft EM-21 plan proposed by Chancellor Miller
2. to report to the Faculty Senate at its May 2 meeting, including in this report
1. comment on the priority of EM-21 items as these pertain to faculty
2. request any clarification of items affecting faculty
3. other recommendations the task force finds germane to its charge

By action taken under agenda item 4.b. of its April 11, 2000 agenda, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate adopted the following resolution:

Resolved: On behalf of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the Faculty Senate congratulates John W. Miller on his inauguration as 13th Chancellor. May Chancellor Miller’s leadership bring to students not just learning, but understanding; to faculty not just scholarship, but wisdom; and to himself, not just success, but personal satisfaction.

By action taken under agenda item 4.c. of its April 11, 2000 agenda, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate adopted the following resolution:

Resolved: Resolved that the Faculty Senate supports naming Winther 2008 the Ernella Hunziker Room in recognition of Ernella Hunziker’s achievements as a teacher and scholar and in gratitude for her financial contributions to UW-Whitewater.

By action taken under agenda item 5.b. of its April 11, 2000 meeting, the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate approved the following resolution regarding fair labor practices in companies contracted to produce goods bearing the UWW logo. This resolution was presented to the Senate in a constructive spirit. Indeed one Senator remarked that UWW might use membership in the WRC to help ascertain that products bearing the UWW logo are manufactured under conditions of fair practices to workers. Such assurances might then be used to help promote UWW's good reputation as well as UWW logo-bearing goods.

Recently students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and at the University of Pennsylvania have joined with their university administrations to form what is now known as the Workers Rights Coalition.

The purpose of the WRC is to monitor the human rights policies of those corporate entities that enter into contracts to produce clothing and other items bearing university logos or that are otherwise sanctioned by the university. The goal of the WRC is to prevent university involvement with any commercial enterprise that employs sweat-shop labor or otherwise violates the human rights of its workers.

Resolved that the Faculty Senate recommends to Chancellor Miller that the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater join the University of Wisconsin–Madison in membership and in participation in the activities of the WRC.

Resolved that the Faculty Senate requests that Chancellor Miller report upon the administration position on the issue at the May 2000 meeting of the Faculty Senate.

In its May 2, 2000 meeting under agenda item 4. c. i., the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate passed the following resolution:

The Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater recommends to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents that the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students who have applied for graduation in May of 2000 and who have been certified by the University Registrar to have met all academic requirements and completed all of their courses of study be granted their degrees at the May 2000 commencement exercises.

In its May 2, 2000 meeting under agenda item 4. c. i., the 1999/2000 Faculty Senate passed the following resolution:

The Faculty Senate supports Chancellor Miller's intent not to contract with organizations not maintaining fair labor practices.